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About Us

We are immersed in horse racing here at Irishracing.com and our expert team of esteemed writers, journalists and pundits have many years of combined experience in the horse racing industry.

We believe it’s not just a job but a way of life and 365 days a year, we bring you up-to-date racecards, results, news, tips and features on Irish and UK horse racing, along with major international meetings.

We welcome you to enjoy this information on Irishracing.com for free. Our loyal audience consists of industry professionals and racing enthusiasts and we are grateful for the continued engagement which has allowed us to grow over the years.

Who are we?

Our team of professionals have dedicated their lives to horse racing and serve up engaging, accurate and timely information.

Vincent Finegan

Vincent, who lives on the Curragh in Co. Kildare, is the editor of irishracing.com and has almost 40 years experience in the horse racing industry. He writes a weekly blog on this website covering all aspects of the sport and presents our Irish Angle video show on Mondays. He is a dual winner of The Irish Field naps table.
Emma grew up on a racing yard which got her involved in racing from a young age. She has ridden as an amateur and still works with horses. Having worked in racing media on a freelance basis for a few years she joined irishracing.com full time in 2023. Emma works as a presenter and pundit on weekly video shows including, Irish Angle, Emma’s Eyecatchers and Formscan.
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.

Gary Carson

Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.
A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.

John O'Riordan

John has worked for the Press Association since 2022. He also writes a weekly column for The Irish Field and is a regular contributor to the Irish Racing Yearbook. He has previously written for the Racing Post, Irish Examiner and Irish Daily Mirror. He has been involved in racing for over three decades; having experience as a syndicate member, sole owner and breeder.

Donal Murphy

Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.

Michael Graham

Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.

The evolution of Irishracing.com

Irishracing.com was founded in 1996 and has been providing punters, racing fans and industry professionals with a wealth of information spanning many years. The site was formerly owned by the Irish Times before the reputable and worldwide sports media betting group, Better Collective, acquired Irishracing.com in November 2020.

The key focus of this rapidly growing organisation is to make sports betting entertaining, transparent and fair. The owner of this website (‘we’, ‘us’ ‘our’) is:

Better Collective A/S
Tolbodgate 12
1253 Copenhagen K (Hovestaden)
Denmark (DK)
CVR. 27652913

Read more about Better Collective here.

What we do

The website provides comprehensive coverage of Irish, British and major International horse racing 365 days a year. Access is free to over 30 years of horse racing data to arm you with the very best knowledge to inform your bets.

Main Features:

  • Latest local and international news updated throughout the day
  • Individual reports with trainer quotes on every Irish horse race
  • Blogs by leading racing journalists
  • Weekly video features featuring tips and analysis
  • Daily specials detailing the latest bookmaker offers
  • Easy to use racecards with comprehensive form
  • Latest betting prices from all major bookmakers integrated throughout the website
  • Results with full finishing order and comments in running for every horse
  • Free Horsetracker Alert Service – register to track unlimited horses, trainers, jockeys, owners and sires. Bespoke settings so you decide which information you want to be informed of via email.
  • Irish Runners Abroad – updated daily with details of all Irish trained horses running abroad
  • Complete access to all features via mobile, desktop and tablet
  • Twitter Feeds @irishracing and @irishracing365 as well as Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube profiles

How we make money

You may be wondering how we provide such extensive data and fine content for free. Here’s the answer - we work on an affiliate model with our bookmaker partners and benefit from advertising revenue. This business model enables us to display all the information you need rather than placing stories, statistics and content behind a paywall.

How we source betting offers

Better Collective sources all betting offers and promo codes directly, ensuring our audience is presented with the best betting offers available. We regularly update our list with the latest promo codes and the most relevant betting promotions for horse racing.

Contact us

For enquiries regarding editorial content or advertising and business development, please contact our editor [email protected].

Privacy Policy

You may have heard of GDPR - who hasn’t? Our privacy policy lays out how we process, store and share your personal information. It applies to personal data processing on irishracing.com only, and not to data processing that might occur on other websites.

This Privacy Policy is effective from 1st December 2020.

Cookie Policy

When you visit our website, your browser will receive cookies from us. Using cookies enables us to offer you the best possible on-site experience. The use of cookies enables us to improve site functionalities, promote our products and provide content from third parties. Read our cookie policy to find out more on how we use cookies and why.

Responsible Gambling

We believe that gambling should be entertaining and fun and that our audience should not become reliant on gambling to earn money. So how do we promote responsible gambling?

  • Ensure our audience is aware of the legal gambling age when navigating the website.
  • Make users aware of negative effects of gambling that could lead to addiction.
  • Highlight ways to help prevent gambling addiction.
  • Better Collective have co-founded the trade organisation ‘Responsible Affiliates in Gambling’ to improve standards in the sector.

And finally…we pride ourselves on offering unrivalled content but don’t just take our word for it:

George McDonagh said on Twitter:

“The best racing site for Irish racing people by far.”

Tommy Higgins added:

“Brilliant site, better for UK racing than any UK sites.”